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Call for an Aids truth commission
‘Denialism has tarnished the image of SA’s health sector’ by SIPOKAZI MAPOSA South Africa needs to have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to examine the way in which the government has dealt with the HIV/Aids pandemic over the past decade, to help rebuild…
Author: Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Senior Help Line celebrates tenth anniversary
President McAleese to launch Galway centre By Martina Nee More than 60,000 calls have been received by Senior Help Line which is celebrating its 10th anniversary with its first ever national conference in Galway. The two day conference, entitled ‘Reflecting on the Past and Shaping the Future’,…
Author: Galway Advertiser
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Over-70s to get means test card forms 'in weeks'
ALL 350,000 medical card holders over 70 years of age will be sent new application forms “in the coming weeks”, the Health Service Executive (HSE) confirmed yesterday. A spokesman said elderly applicants will also be able to avail of the standard appeals process if…
Author: Irish Independent
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Primary education groups unite to criticise 'shameful' cutbacks
THE CAMPAIGN against the education cuts gained further momentum yesterday as 10 groups involved in primary education united to criticise the “shameful and immoral” cutbacks. The National Alliance for Primary Education – an umbrella group representing school managers, principals, parents and teachers – described…
Author: The Irish Times
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Panel: Ga. checks should have been cleared by feds
by GREG BLUESTEIN Georgia should have sought U.S. Justice Department approval before implementing a new process of using Social Security numbers and driver’s license data to check voters’ immigration status, a three-judge federal panel ruled Monday. The 27-page ruling ordered Georgia election officials to…
Author: The Associated Press
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The business of the Truth Commission is still not done
by Fanie du Toit and Natalie Jaynes Precisely 10 years ago to the day, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu handed over the first five volumes of the final report of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission to President Nelson Mandela. This week the Institute for…
Author: Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Robinson urges NIO: Respond to deal breach
by William Graham The political crisis at Stormont has deepened with First Minister Peter Robinson accusing Sinn Fein of defaulting on the St Andrews Agreement and suggesting that Secretary of State Shaun Woodward should “respond”. Contact between the DUP and Sinn Fein is continuing…
Author: Irish News
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SMS campaign to ring changes in spreading the message about HIV
by JESSICA BELL TEXT messages are set to become the latest weapon in the fight against HIV in South Africa, with the launch of Project Masiluleke. The project is to use the space at the end of “Please Call Me”(PCM) text messages to encourage…
Author: Cape Times (South Africa)
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Fransman urges health workers to stay in SA
by SIPOKAZI MAPOSA Health MEC Marius Fransman has urged health workers to stay in South Africa, promising to engage more with them to improve conditions in the public health sector and make the province more attractive for doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Speaking…
Author: Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Services cannot cope with number of youths seeking help
by CARL OBRIEN HUNDREDS OF children and adolescents in crisis who need counselling and support are being turned away from services because they cannot cope with demand. Crosscare, the social care agency of the Dublin Diocese, said it was unable to deal with about…
Author: The Irish Times
